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Greek Coin - Gold Third-Stater from Metapontion in Lucania C. 280-279 BC Ø 1.5 cm.

Obverse: the bearded Leukippos wearing a crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a scylla hurling stone ΛEYKIΠΠ[OΣ] above. Reverse : two six-grained barley ears with ΣI in between. Gold third-stater from Metapontion in Lucania. Struck for Pyrhos of Epeiros.

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